Update on micromanipulation techniques for assisted conception

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-177

  Ng, Soon Chye ^a   Bongso, A ^a   Trounson, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROMANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030006790     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199606000-00004     Document Type: Review

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